Strahan's decision not about money

Michael Strahan is scheduled to attend a press conference at Giants Stadium at noon tomorrow to announce his retirement, so he'll give all his reasons then. But for now, I can tell you that those around him are saying this wasn't about the money.

"No, it was a personal decision," Strahan's agent, Tony Agnone, said. "There were a lot of reasons he decided to retire."

Agnone wouldn't talk numbers, but two people familiar with Strahan's situation said the Giants bumped up his base salary by $1 million for this upcoming season and paid him a $500,000 roster bonus in March. That means he would have made $5.5 million this season. While Strahan didn't make any contract demands, the people familiar with the situation said the slight bump wasn't enough to make him reconsider retirement.

Recently, two other people who speak to Strahan regularly said $7-8 million would have been enough to sway him toward a return and a title defense. The Giants were unwilling to go that high.

The Giants are also unlikely to attempt to recoup any of Strahan's signing bonus money.